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Executive and Legislative documents laid before the General Assembly of North-Carolina [1870; 1871]

10 Docu]^[KXT Xo. IS. [Session
recniited, armed and equi])ped as soldiers a large luimber of
men, to wit : Five hundred men and more, and organized tlieni
as an army, and appointed officers to command and nse sncli
armed men as lie, the said William W. Holden, Governor as
aforesaid, nnder color of his said oflico, might from time to
time order and direct ; that during the said months of June,
July and August, he, the said William W. Ilolden, Governor
as aforesaid, under color of his said office, ]Jaced a large num-ber
of said armed men under the immediate command and
control of one George W. Kirk, as Colonel, aided by one E.
G. Burgen, as Lieutenant Colonel, one II. C. Yates, as Major,
and sundry other persons as Captains and Lieutenants, and
sent such last mentioned armed men under the innnediate
command of George W. Ivirk, as Coloiiel, B. G. Burgen, as
Lieutenant Colonel, II. C. Yates, as Major, and said sundry
other persons as Captains and Lieutenants, in the County of
Caswell, and by the procurement, order and conmumd of him,
the said William W. Ilolden, Governor as aforesaid, under
color of his said office, the said arnied men last aforesaid seized,
held, detained and imprisoned in said County of Caswell,
John Kerr, Sanuiel P. Hill, Jesse C. Griffith, Frank A. Wiley,
J. T. Mitchell, Thomas J. Wonuick, A. G. Yancey, John
McKee, A. A. Mitchell, Yancey Jones, J. M. Xeal, William B.
Bowe, Barzillai Graves, Xathaniel M. Koane, Robert Koane,
James E. Fowler, M. Z. Hooper, James C. Williamson and
Peter II. AVilliamson, peaceable and law-abiding citizens of
said County, then and there engaged aljout their lawful busi-ness
; that the said John Kerr, Samuel J^. Hill, Jesse C. Grif-fith,
Frank A. ^Viley, J. T. ?>titchcll, Thomas J. Womack, A.
G. Yancey, John McKee, A. A. Mitchell, Yancey Jones, J.
M. Xeal, William 13. l^we, Barzillai Gi-aves, Nathaniel M.
Eoane, Pobert Roane, James R. Fowler, M. Z. Hooper, James
C. Williamson and Peter H, Williamson, being so seized, held,
detained and imprisoned and dej)rived of their liberty, were then
and there in the custody of the said George W. Kirk, actuig as
Colonel and commanding the armed bodv of men last aforesaid,

10 Docu]^[KXT Xo. IS. [Session
recniited, armed and equi])ped as soldiers a large luimber of
men, to wit : Five hundred men and more, and organized tlieni
as an army, and appointed officers to command and nse sncli
armed men as lie, the said William W. Holden, Governor as
aforesaid, nnder color of his said oflico, might from time to
time order and direct ; that during the said months of June,
July and August, he, the said William W. Ilolden, Governor
as aforesaid, under color of his said office, ]Jaced a large num-ber
of said armed men under the immediate command and
control of one George W. Kirk, as Colonel, aided by one E.
G. Burgen, as Lieutenant Colonel, one II. C. Yates, as Major,
and sundry other persons as Captains and Lieutenants, and
sent such last mentioned armed men under the innnediate
command of George W. Ivirk, as Coloiiel, B. G. Burgen, as
Lieutenant Colonel, II. C. Yates, as Major, and said sundry
other persons as Captains and Lieutenants, in the County of
Caswell, and by the procurement, order and conmumd of him,
the said William W. Ilolden, Governor as aforesaid, under
color of his said office, the said arnied men last aforesaid seized,
held, detained and imprisoned in said County of Caswell,
John Kerr, Sanuiel P. Hill, Jesse C. Griffith, Frank A. Wiley,
J. T. Mitchell, Thomas J. Wonuick, A. G. Yancey, John
McKee, A. A. Mitchell, Yancey Jones, J. M. Xeal, William B.
Bowe, Barzillai Graves, Xathaniel M. Koane, Robert Koane,
James E. Fowler, M. Z. Hooper, James C. Williamson and
Peter II. AVilliamson, peaceable and law-abiding citizens of
said County, then and there engaged aljout their lawful busi-ness
; that the said John Kerr, Samuel J^. Hill, Jesse C. Grif-fith,
Frank A. ^Viley, J. T. ?>titchcll, Thomas J. Womack, A.
G. Yancey, John McKee, A. A. Mitchell, Yancey Jones, J.
M. Xeal, William 13. l^we, Barzillai Gi-aves, Nathaniel M.
Eoane, Pobert Roane, James R. Fowler, M. Z. Hooper, James
C. Williamson and Peter H, Williamson, being so seized, held,
detained and imprisoned and dej)rived of their liberty, were then
and there in the custody of the said George W. Kirk, actuig as
Colonel and commanding the armed bodv of men last aforesaid,